Fujifilm X-H2 and Electronic Shutter

Sgt_Strider wrote:

From what I gather so far, it seems like the e-shutter is nowhere close to being as fast as the X-H2S so rolling shutter will be a problem. However, I'm now reading that some people still intend to buy this camera for shooting movies? Whoa? Am I missing something here? After using an e-shutter, I hesitate to go back to the mechanical shutter for fear of shutter shock despite the supposed improvement Fujifilm made. What do you guys think? I really wish DPR and everyone else will go in-depth about the e-shutter in their eventual review.

You may be conflating two concepts: E-shutter that is used for all videos and mechanical shutter shock for still photos. Most modern Fuji cameras have an alternative shutter setting (to full mechanical shutter) called E-Front Curtain Shutter. It is often set as the factory default and can be combined with full mechanical at higher shutter speeds for IQ benefits where shutter shock is not a problem.

E-Front Curtain Shutter has been adopted by most camera companies: Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic (Lumix), Olympus and others. It has proven to be very effective at substantially reducing shutter shock. It has done a great job on my 102MP Fuji 100S. Of course the only way to 100% eliminate shutter shock is with an electronic shutter. Without a stacked sensor (like the X-H2S, Sony A1, Nikon Z9 have) electronic shutters are slow in scanning and reduced DR, making them compromised with imaging defects often undesirable for still photos and also for video as you point out.